Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10041
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This 1981 description is maintained in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, ACES College, University of Illinois, Urbana > "International" section > "Philippines - UPLB" file., Project file, Description of a pioneering university program in development communication through flyers and catalog descriptions.
Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (author)
Format:
Proposal
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
International: International Rice Research Institute Los Banos, Laguna, Phillippines
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10092
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This document is maintained in files of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "SEARCA/UPLB Conference" file., 15 pages.
Author reports that Kansas State has offered a news writing course for agricultural students for more than a decade, and with good results.. Believes a course in news writing should not be a universal requirement in the agricultural college curriculum, but emphasizes skills in English.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28762
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3 pages., Responses to questions about communications skills and agricultural studies that agricultural communications students need in order to be most proficient.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30399
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Paper presented in the Agricultural Communications Section, annual meeting of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31-February 3, 2009.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: C27289
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Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Agricultural College Editors, Rutgers University, July 8, 1965. 13 pages., Discussed need, curricula, courses, employment areas and other aspects. Includes a report of data from 17 colleges. "Those colleges had 204 undergraduates enrolled in agricultural communication in 1964-65, a healthy increase of 100 percent since 1960-61."
Leal, Arthur (author), Telg, Ricky W. (author), Rumble, Joy N. (author), Stedman, Nicole LaMee Perez (author), Treise, Debbie M. (author), and Universit of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Florida
Association for Communication Excellence
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2019
Published:
United States: New Prairie Press
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 15 Document Number: D10428
22 pages., Via online journal., This national study sought to expand on current research to identify the importance of and graduates’ ability to perform selected social skills to aid in curricula evaluation and small program development. Using three evaluation groups – agricultural communication graduates, communication industry professionals, and agricultural communication faculty members – 193 individuals responded to the online survey. The most important social skills were those associated with having work values and transitioning into an organization to be a productive member in the workplace. Graduates placed a higher importance on social skills than the other two evaluation groups. All three evaluation groups showed some agreement on graduates’ highest ability to perform several social skills: The ability to be trustworthy, trained, reliable, professional, dedicated, and behave ethically were assigned the highest mean ability. A significant difference was found with the ability graduates afforded themselves in having common sense, being professional, and encompassing maturity versus the other two evaluation groups. Recommendations included incorporating and identifying social skills into instruction for students. Group work, presentations, internships, and student organizations were proposed as opportunities for social skill attainment. Agricultural leadership principles, oral communication, and professional development courses were recommended for new and developing agricultural communication programs that could serve to incorporate the most important social skills. Faculty members could benefit from research that can identify more effective measures to evaluate social skill attainment. Recommendations for future research included a similar assessment with technical skills and for other elements of the Agricultural Communication Program System Model to be assessed.
